Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) was the first Hong
Kong bus company to order the Centroliner, it's initial order totalling
20 vehicles. After a series of trials, commencing in August 1998, the vehicles
entered service on 1st August 1999. The first route that these buses were
allocated was 296C, which runs between Sheung Tak in Tseung Kwan O and
Tonkin Street in Sham Shui Po. It currently has a fleet of over 160 Neoplans.

The Neoplan Centroliner is a 12 metre, low-floor
double-decker bus. Like the Dennis Trident, the Centroliner is powered
by a Cummins M11-305E engine with ZF 5HP590 transmission. Electronic route
display is used, which is rare in the fleet of KMB.